To look through reading matter casually.

• thumb

  1. To handle, turn, soil, or wear with or as with the thumb
  2. To scan (written matter) by turning over pages with or as if with the thumb.
  3. (Informal) To solicit (a ride) from a passing vehicle by signaling with the thumb.

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  1. To handle, turn, soil, or wear with or as with the thumb
  2. To scan (written matter) by turning over pages with or as if with the thumb.
  3. (Informal) To solicit (a ride) from a passing vehicle by signaling with the thumb.

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• skim

  1. To give a quick and superficial reading, scrutiny, or consideration; glance:
  2. To read or glance through (a book, for example) quickly or superficially.
  3. To look at hastily or carelessly; glance through (a book, etc.) without reading word for word

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  1. To give a quick and superficial reading, scrutiny, or consideration; glance:
  2. To read or glance through (a book, for example) quickly or superficially.
  3. To look at hastily or carelessly; glance through (a book, etc.) without reading word for word

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• scan

  1. To pass (luggage, for example) through a detector at a security checkpoint in order to detect weapons or banned materials.
  2. (Radiology) To examine the structure or condition of (an internal bodily organ) with ultrasound, tomography, etc.
  3. To encode (text, for example) in digital format by means of an optical scanner.

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  1. To pass (luggage, for example) through a detector at a security checkpoint in order to detect weapons or banned materials.
  2. (Radiology) To examine the structure or condition of (an internal bodily organ) with ultrasound, tomography, etc.
  3. To encode (text, for example) in digital format by means of an optical scanner.

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• run-through

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• riffle

  1. To form, become, or flow over or through, a riffle
  2. (Games) To shuffle (playing cards) by holding part of a deck in each hand and raising up the edges before releasing them to fall alternately in one stack.
  3. To thumb through (the pages of a book, for example).

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  1. To form, become, or flow over or through, a riffle
  2. (Games) To shuffle (playing cards) by holding part of a deck in each hand and raising up the edges before releasing them to fall alternately in one stack.
  3. To thumb through (the pages of a book, for example).

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• glance at

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• flip through

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• dip into

  1. (Idiomatic) To spend some of one's savings
  2. Used other than as an idiom: dip into.
  3. (Idiomatic) To read parts of something.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To spend some of one's savings
  2. Used other than as an idiom: dip into.
  3. (Idiomatic) To read parts of something.

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• Also used with through: browse

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The leafy organ of a plant

• petal

  1. One of the often brightly colored parts of a flower immediately surrounding the reproductive organs; a division of the corolla.
  2. Any of the component parts, or leaves, of a corolla

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  1. One of the often brightly colored parts of a flower immediately surrounding the reproductive organs; a division of the corolla.
  2. Any of the component parts, or leaves, of a corolla

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• perianth

  1. The outer envelope of a flower, including the calyx and corolla
  2. The part of a flower outside the reproductive structures, usually consisting of the calyx and the corolla.

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  1. The outer envelope of a flower, including the calyx and corolla
  2. The part of a flower outside the reproductive structures, usually consisting of the calyx and the corolla.

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• caulis

  1. The main stem or stalk of a plant

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  1. The main stem or stalk of a plant

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• lithophyl

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• sepal

  1. (Bot.) Any of the usually green, leaflike parts of the calyx
  2. One of the usually green leaflike structures composing the outermost part of a flower. Sepals often enclose and protect the bud and may remain after the fruit forms.

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  1. (Bot.) Any of the usually green, leaflike parts of the calyx
  2. One of the usually green leaflike structures composing the outermost part of a flower. Sepals often enclose and protect the bud and may remain after the fruit forms.

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• bracteole

  1. (Botany) A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.
  2. (Botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.

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  1. (Botany) A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.
  2. (Botany) A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.

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• calyx leaf

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• seed-leaf

  1. Cotyledon
  2. (Botany) (One of the) first leaf/leaves a seed plant's embryo develops

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  1. Cotyledon
  2. (Botany) (One of the) first leaf/leaves a seed plant's embryo develops

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• leaf-stalk

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• floral leaf

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• protective leaf

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• scale

  1. A progressive classification, as of size, amount, importance, or rank:
  2. A relative level or degree:
  3. A scale insect.

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  1. A progressive classification, as of size, amount, importance, or rank:
  2. A relative level or degree:
  3. A scale insect.

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• stipule

  1. One of the small, paired, often leaflike appendages at the base of a leafstalk in many flowering plants.
  2. (Botany) Basal appendage of a typical leaf of a flowering plant, usually appearing paired beside the petiole although sometimes absent or highly modified.
  3. Either of a pair of small, leaflike parts at the base of some leaf petioles, as on a bean, pea, or rose plant

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  1. One of the small, paired, often leaflike appendages at the base of a leafstalk in many flowering plants.
  2. (Botany) Basal appendage of a typical leaf of a flowering plant, usually appearing paired beside the petiole although sometimes absent or highly modified.
  3. Either of a pair of small, leaflike parts at the base of some leaf petioles, as on a bean, pea, or rose plant

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• stalk

  1. A similar structure supporting a whole animal body, as the peduncle of a goose barnacle
  2. A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.
  3. A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.

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  1. A similar structure supporting a whole animal body, as the peduncle of a goose barnacle
  2. A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.
  3. A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.

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• frond

  1. The leaflike part, or shoot, of a lichen, seaweed, duckweed, etc.
  2. A large compound leaf of a palm.
  3. The leaf of a fern

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  1. The leaflike part, or shoot, of a lichen, seaweed, duckweed, etc.
  2. A large compound leaf of a palm.
  3. The leaf of a fern

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• blade

  1. A flat thin part or section, especially one that makes contact to perform a desired action:
  2. The leaf of a plant, esp. of grass
  3. A broad, flat section or surface, as of an oar, propeller arm, or rotary vane

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  1. A flat thin part or section, especially one that makes contact to perform a desired action:
  2. The leaf of a plant, esp. of grass
  3. A broad, flat section or surface, as of an oar, propeller arm, or rotary vane

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• petiole

  1. (Zool.) peduncle
  2. (Zoology) A slender, stalklike part, as that connecting the thorax and abdomen in certain insects.
  3. (Botany) The stalk by which a leaf is attached to a stem.

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  1. (Zool.) peduncle
  2. (Zoology) A slender, stalklike part, as that connecting the thorax and abdomen in certain insects.
  3. (Botany) The stalk by which a leaf is attached to a stem.

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• bract

  1. (Botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
  2. A modified leaf, usually small and scalelike, sometimes large and brightly colored, from whose axil grows a flower or inflorescence
  3. A leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or an inflorescence.

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  1. (Botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
  2. A modified leaf, usually small and scalelike, sometimes large and brightly colored, from whose axil grows a flower or inflorescence
  3. A leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or an inflorescence.

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• needle

  1. A slender pointer or indicator on a dial, scale, or similar part of a mechanical device.
  2. Needle valve
  3. A hypodermic needle.

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  1. A slender pointer or indicator on a dial, scale, or similar part of a mechanical device.
  2. Needle valve
  3. A hypodermic needle.

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• leaflet

  1. A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.
  2. A separate sheet of printed matter, often folded but not stitched
  3. A small leaf or leaflike part.

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  1. A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.
  2. A separate sheet of printed matter, often folded but not stitched
  3. A small leaf or leaflike part.

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Matter in thin, smooth form

• sheath

  1. A covering or receptacle resembling this, as the membrane around a muscle, a leaf base enveloping a stem of grass, etc.
  2. A usually close-fitting case or covering for a blade, as of a sword.
  3. (Biology) An enveloping tubular structure, such as the base of a grass leaf that surrounds the stem or the tissue that encloses a muscle or nerve fiber.

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  1. A covering or receptacle resembling this, as the membrane around a muscle, a leaf base enveloping a stem of grass, etc.
  2. A usually close-fitting case or covering for a blade, as of a sword.
  3. (Biology) An enveloping tubular structure, such as the base of a grass leaf that surrounds the stem or the tissue that encloses a muscle or nerve fiber.

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• coat

  1. The outer covering of a plant or animal structure, tissue, etc.
  2. A layer of some substance, as paint, over a surface
  3. A natural outer covering, such as the fur of an animal or the enveloping layer of an organ.

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  1. The outer covering of a plant or animal structure, tissue, etc.
  2. A layer of some substance, as paint, over a surface
  3. A natural outer covering, such as the fur of an animal or the enveloping layer of an organ.

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• skin

  1. Something like skin in appearance or function; any outer layer, as fruit rind, the shell or plating of a ship, a film or scum, the outermost nacreous layer in a pearl, etc.
  2. A container for liquids that is made of animal skin.
  3. A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer:

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  1. Something like skin in appearance or function; any outer layer, as fruit rind, the shell or plating of a ship, a film or scum, the outermost nacreous layer in a pearl, etc.
  2. A container for liquids that is made of animal skin.
  3. A usually thin, closely adhering outer layer:

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